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Monday July 2, 2007
Permalink Posted by: Micah Hart at 4:50PM EST on July 2, 2007

Earlier today at Philips Arena the Hawks introduced their two newest members as Al Horford and Acie Law joined Hawks GM Billy Knight at the podium to meet the press.

Both guys said all the things you'd expect them to say: they are excited to be here, they are looking forward to the opportunity to play in Atlanta, etc. I don't mean that as a bad thing; I found both guys to be thoughtful and articulate, they just didn't really provide any head-turning commentary or start any controversy.

To me, the highlight of the whole event was watching Horford's little brother Christian (right) run around after the press conference was over, zeroing in on various TV station microphones and trying on his big brother's new jersey. He may only be a couple years old, but I'd say he has tremendous upside.

Anyway, if you'd like to feast your eyes on the entirety of the presser, we have video of it.

In addition, I caught up to both Horford and Law for a couple minutes afterwards. I wanted to ask Al about his decision to return for his junior year, and I got to ask Acie about the knock on his abilities as a point guard.

So both new draft picks are now officially Hawks (relatively speaking, they can't sign contracts until July 11th), and now will go about getting themselves adjusted to life in Atlanta as they get ready for Summer League workouts which get underway next week.

Welcome to the ATL, guys.

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